Sunday, 25 August 2013, FT. LAUDERDALE, FL - First off readers NO intention to be alarmist here although the above headline would seem justified in light of California stalwart Governor Jerry Brown's declaration of an extended State of Emergency in light of an apparent possible water shortage threat posed by San Francisco's Hetch Hetchy Reservoir's proximity to the current Yosemite Sierra Rim fire.
Alas as of this hour most news seems nevertheless to be emanating from New York via Facebook rather than what might otherwise be expected under the circumstances where presently all remains ostensibly quiet in San Francisco but for the parking meter scooters revving up for the infamous trendsetting Sunday morning early Church service parking sweep. (Unfair that meter sweep actually now takes place on Sunday afternoons to the delight of all San Francisco shopkeepers in the Nation's only city where so many people see things so much more alike than the rest of the Country yet manage to incessantly argue about every nitpicky detail.)
In any case the Ninth Amendment editorial staff and news bureaus not currently being informed of any further imminently actual threat to life or limb at the moment have decided to go ahead with the sociological pseudo-semi-scientific study of viral audience readership commenced just hours ago as we have watched the number of readers if not race at least ploddingly circle the globe in our examination of the relative success of substantive reading in comparison to statistical manipulative slight of hand.
Our insomniac readers no doubt will recall that earlier this evening rather than focus on the latest slew of keywords, megatrends, algorithms and the like the Ninth Amendment instead decided to just go ahead and electronically publish some content that was arguably written in some sort of English hastily edited derivative rather "fair comment" material derived from "The Private Investigator's Handbook" copyright 2005 Chuck Chambers P.I. So as not to risk creating too much commotion with unknown events perhaps still unfolding we indeed shall stick to the perhaps predominantly (but not necessarily) male-oriented topic of "tailing the mark" as our readers will recall.
And here offered as fair comment again without any compensation or other remuneration whatsoever is the Ninth Amendment's continuing recommendation of Mr. Chamber's work as stated by the Private Investigator himself under the topic "Tailing Tactics":
"From your vantage point of two car lengths back, grit your teeth as your mark drives right past the gym where they claimed to be working out every morning. So where is the bastard going? You have to follow to find out. Here are some basic tactics for tailing with a car:
o Two-lane road: Remain at least two car lengths behind.
o Four-lane road: Travel in the lane beside the target, either right or left but not behind them. Ninety percent of drivers who are suspicious of being following or feeling guilty about their destination will check the center rearview mirror as opposed to the sidemirrors. They are generally concerned with the car immediately to their rear.
o Approaching an intersection: Change lanes to move temporarily behind the mark in case they decide to make a turn. If the target doesn't turn, move back to the side lane.
o Congested traffic: Remain two car lengths behind in the side lane.
o Thinning traffic patterns: Drop back three or four lengths.
o Dead end. If the mark turns down a dead-end street, do not follow them! If your target made a wrong turn, he or she will most certainly see you on the way out, as you were traveling in. If it turns out that your target doesn't come back, the mystery destination may be down that street. You'll know soon enough when the mark's car doesn't come back out."
So readers we thank Mr. Chambers for the rather lengthy quote offered as fair comment with the assurance that if this type of occupation is up one's alley (as it were) this is the best example one can get of the type of material and writing to expect in this book, and should readers decide to acquire it on their own we have in fact borrowed but a most small fraction of the text to give readers the flavor and quality of Private Investigator Chambers work and writing. All in all we recommend the Handbook as an interesting indeed fascinating at points read regardless of one's precise stake in the outcome of the maneuvering described in such detail. Their is something admittedly for us intriguing and engaging both in the author's voice and in the sociological phenomena revealed in the daily pursuits of the well-heeled Private Investigator.
And so back to our statistics from which we will be sure to report the type of audience response this follow-up post engenders which admittedly we find a refreshing change from endless tomes on such topics as the vagaries of search engine optimization (SEO) and so on. In any case wishing our readers all the best until the next post and our heartfelt thanks for readers (hopefully) continuing interest in the Ninth Amendment Log. We do have a target ahead in our sites as well, as it were, and we shall see. . . .
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